Photo-geek

I’ve been a photo-geek at my home lately, and it all started with this picture.

A sliver of wood lies on the ground while artist Charles Wright, of Norman, works on a project during the Festival of the Arts in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

To be perfectly honest, I should say ‘more of a photo-geek.’ A few months back, DOP Doug Hoke said he want to see some more unusual and artistic pictures from the Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City. I used an old photography trick to get a detail picture (above) of a sliver of wood. I’ve probably been looking at too many nature pictures in National Geographic, but ever since that Festival of the Arts assignment, I’ve been taking my camera out to the backyard, flipping the 50mm around the wrong way, and photographing flowers, leaves and any bug that doesn’t move too fast. Here’s a few images I’ve come up with. This is what a photo-geek does after work, but before re-runs of Star Trek The Next Generation.

as they set up for the Festival of the Arts in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 18, 2010. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman

A flower. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

Road crews work on Santa Fe north of Sorghum Mill rd. in Edmond on Monday, June 14, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

-John Clanton